Estimates of biomass or relative biomass are required for monitoring the recovery of
depleted bivalve resources and for the management of newly exploited resources …

Scales of spatio-temporal variability in the densities and sizes of organisms need to be
quantified so that the relative importance of different ecological processes that structure …

Management responses to reconcile declining fisheries typically include closed areas and
times to fishing. This study evaluated this strategy for a beach clam fishery by testing the …

Spatial fishing closures are typically implemented for conservation and fisheries benefits, but
the effects of such initiatives are often not tested. This study examined whether the densities …

The dynamics of a fishing fleet are a product of a series of decisions made by the fishers that
relate to when and where to fish, what gear to use and what species to target. These …

This study examined industry logbooks, and beach-and port-based fishery-dependent data
sources for monitoring and assessing catch, effort, catch-per-unit-of-effort (CPUE) and size …

This report is the first in a new series for South Australia's Lakes and Coorong Fishery (LCF).
It provides a description of the dynamics of the multi-species, multi-gear fleet, a …

Background and need Australians have long valued and actively participated in recreational
fishing (Clark 2017). A national survey in 2000-01 identified that recreational fishers are …

This is the thirteenth annual report that summarises the fishery statistics for South Australia's
commercial multi-species and multi-gear Lakes and Coorong Fishery (LCF). The aims of the …

This is the fourth assessment of the Pipi (Goolwa Cockle) resource on Younghusband
Peninsula and builds on the three previous assessment reports (2003, 2006, 2013). 2. The …